This article deals with the many long time series databases that have been built over the last two decades. These series cover more than a hundred years span and allow comparing the situation of present days developed countries at a time when they were developing countries with that of present...

This article deals with the many long time series databases that have been developed over the last two decades. These series cover a span of more than 100 years and allow us to compare the situation of current developed countries at a time when they were developing countries with that of...

This paper highlights an empirically significant trade-off between the aid flows delivered by donor countries and the inflows of migrants that they receive from developing countries. It draws the implications for aid policy from a simple game-theoretic model, after reviewing the recent...

This paper reviews some findings by Azam and Thelen (2008, 2010, 2012) that illustrate how foreign aid is used by rich countries to purchase the services of recipient governments with a view to protect or promote their economic and political interests. In particular, these findings show that...

This paper reviews some findings by Azam and Thelen (2008, 2010, 2012) that illustrate how foreign aid is used by rich countries to purchase the services of recipient governments with a view to protect or promote their economic and political interests. In particular, these findings show that...